“This Is How the Library Works!” – Orientation Sessions for the 2026–27 Winter Semester

• How do I get a user ID card?
• Whe­re can I get sheet mu­sic for the or­chestra pro­ject?
• How long can I bor­row which me­dia items?
• (How) can I re­new my loan?
• Do I also need to re­new sheet mu­sic for the choir pro­ject?
• “Late fees?!”
• Whe­re can I find what?
• How do I find so­me­thing?
• Is the­re a way to see what I’ve che­cked out?

The in­tro­duc­tion pro­vi­des ans­wers to the­se and si­mi­lar ques­ti­ons!

 

Tar­get au­di­ence: First-year stu­dents and “li­bra­ry new­bies”

Group size: at least 3, up to 10 peo­p­le

Du­ra­ti­on: ap­prox. 1 hour

Mee­ting place: Lob­byout­side the li­bra­ry, Buil­ding B 

Dates

• Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 8, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – Gui­ded tour for HfMDK new­co­mers in the KAM Ba­che­lor’s pro­gram (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 8, 2026, 4:00 p.m. – Gui­ded tour for new HfMDK stu­dents in the KAM Mas­ter’s pro­gram (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Fri­day, Oc­to­ber 9, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – Gui­ded tour for new HfMDK stu­dents in the vo­cal per­for­mance pro­grams (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Mon­day, Oc­to­ber 12, 2026, 12:15 p.m. – Cam­pus tour for new HfMDK stu­dents spe­cia­li­zing in mu­sic (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Wed­nes­day, Oc­to­ber 14, 2026, 12:15 p.m. – Cam­pus tour for new HfMDK stu­dents ma­jo­ring in mu­sic (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 15, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – Cam­pus tour for HfMDK fresh­men ma­jo­ring in mu­sic (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Fri­day, Oc­to­ber 16, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – Cam­pus tour for new HfMDK stu­dents ma­jo­ring in mu­sic (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Tues­day, Oc­to­ber 20, 2026, 12:15 p.m. – Gui­ded tour for new HfMDK stu­dents ma­jo­ring in mu­sic (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red ) 
• Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 22, 2026, 12:15 p.m. – Cam­pus tour for new HfMDK stu­dents ma­jo­ring in mu­sic (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• NEW: Fri­day, Ok­to­ber 23, 2026, 11:30 Uhr - Gui­ded tour for HfMDK new­co­mers in Eng­lish! (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• NEW: Fri­day, No­vem­ber 6, 2026, 11:30 Uhr - Gui­ded tour for HfMDK new­co­mers in Eng­lish! (re­gis­tra­ti­on re­qui­red )
• Gui­ded tour for new HfMDK stu­dents in Eng­lish! (Ex­press in­te­restre­qui­red), date ten­ta­tively sche­du­led for Oc­to­ber/No­vem­ber 2026

In­for­ma­ti­on on li­bra­ry tours

• Tours for the Ac­ting,Thea­ter and Or­chestra Ma­nage­ment, and Dance pro­grams take place on se­pa­ra­te dates by ap­point­ment.
• Small groups should plea­se sche­du­le an in­di­vi­du­al ap­point­ment with Li­bra­ry Di­rec­torKath­rin Win­ter.
• Due to li­mi­t­ed group size and cus­to­mi­zed trai­ning con­tent, we ask that you re­gis­ter in ad­van­ce. Any available spots may also be fil­led on a walk-in ba­sis.

In­for­ma­ti­on Booth at the “Mar­ket of Op­por­tu­ni­ties”:

As part of the se­mes­ter ope­ning ce­rem­o­ny, we’ll be pre­sen­ting our ser­vices on Tues­day, Oc­to­ber 13, 2026, start­ing at 7:30 p.m. in the uni­ver­si­ty’s foy­er (in­clu­ding da­ta­ba­se log­ins, ac­count crea­ti­on for Di­gi­tal­Con­cert­Hall and the Hen­le­Li­bra­ry app, and much more) 

Plea­se note: Vi­si­ting the in­for­ma­ti­on booth does not re­place the li­bra­ry tour.

In­tro­duc­tion to OPAC Sear­ches

 

In­tro­duc­tion to Di­gi­tal­Con­cert­Hall

• NEW: Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 15, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
• NEW: Mon­day, Oc­to­ber 19, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

The­se trai­ning ses­si­ons will take place on­line via the Big­BlueBut­ton vi­deo con­fe­ren­cing sys­tem. Plea­se log in here.

 

In­tro­duc­tion to the Na­xos­Mu­sic­Li­bra­ry

• NEW: Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 15, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
• NEW: Mon­day, Oc­to­ber 19, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

The­se trai­ning ses­si­ons will be held on­line via the Big­BlueBut­ton vi­deo con­fe­ren­cing sys­tem. Plea­se log in here.